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but comfortable place with a resto- Dublin has some beautiful the food at the Market Bar was
bar which came alive in the evening churches with Gothic architecture yummy, befriending strangers in
as people gathered to bond over to be admired even by those would the crowded Old Storehouse and
music, food and drink. prefer spirit over spirituality. Christ enjoying the music was another
Ireland and India have a unique Church Cathedral (11th century) is experience.
connection in that both were British perhaps the most visible as it sits It was a visit to the Guinness
subjects, though India was a colony imposingly atop the edge of a hill Brewery, named after its owner
but Ireland was not, and had to with some original secular carvings. Arthur Guinness, that was a first
fight for their freedom. The British But it is the St. Patrick’s of its kind trip as one got to know
tyranny was experienced by the Cathedral is the largest in Ireland. the lengthy process of making
people of both the countries and Its Gothic architecture and interiors Guinness draught. The tour started
both had their uprisings---1857 in are eye-catching. Perhaps it is one from the roasting and grinding
India and the Irish rising of 1916. of those rare churches, if there are floor and ended at the top floor
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose drew any, in the world a part of which where one was taught how to make
inspiration from De Valera, the commemorates the Irish soldiers a pint. The reason why Guinness
President of Ireland, whom he met who died fighting the British. continues to be a world famous
thrice during his visit to Dublin in Dublin is a beautiful city full and favourite brand of draught
1936. It was De Valera who is said of trees, parks and flowers. St for millions is the perfection that
to have advised Netaji against that Patrick’s Cathedral is located in goes into the choice of barley and
direct confrontation with the British the beautifully laid out St. Patrick’s hops giving it a distinctive flavor.
that the charismatic leader founded park, an ideal soothing place for Dublin is Ireland’s biggest city
the Indian National Army (INA) tired limbs. which retains its Celtic past in road
and adopted militancy as his war Ireland is as famous for its signages. So fascinating is the city,
tactic. writers---Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, which was once a settlement of
The wax museum in Dublin Samuel Beckett, W.B. Yeats, George the Vikings that we could not go
may not be as famous as its British Bernard Shaw---to name only a to its mountainous region --- the
counterpart, Madame Tussauds, few, as it is for its pubs and drinks Wicklow Mountains.
but it effectively depicts its freedom like Guinness and Jameson. For a The fortnight for which we
struggle through wax statues of the tour, we visited the most famous stayed in Dublin, I never tired
events and its leaders. Temple Bar, The Old Storehouse of immersing myself in its scenic
Another must visit in Dublin is and the Market Bar, which had beauty, beautiful roads, the
the National Museum of Ireland to the ambience of an old market culture and, above all, the friendly
soak into the country’s rich history. place, relishing the ambience. If people.
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